First, I'd say a box is a necessity. It's mainly a matter of having the
terminals protected from contacting sheet metal in the event of an accident.
You really don't want any sparks back there.
I mounted my battery in the right-rear corner of the trunk. The battery box
sits in a heavy aluminum tray that is bolted to the trunk floor. I ran the
hot lead across the front of the trunk near where the jack mounts, through a
hole in the floor and up the left side of the frame rail. I just hooked it
to the starter like normal. I had trouble getting a good ground back there,
so I wound up running a long ground lead from the battery up to a
bellhousing bolt. Not the most elegant solution, but it works.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Daniel Neuman
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:51 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: wire routing for trunk mounted batt.
>
>
> Hello All,
> For the people who have mounted the batt in their trunk.
> How/where did you run the big fat wire from the trunk to the starter.
> I want some sort of power dist. block in the engine compartment to
> power my lights, horns, elec fan. What have y'all used? It looks like
> the car stereo man. have stuff that will foot the bill but they are
> frighteningly expensive.
> If I run a gel cell batt in the trunk do I still have to put it in a box?
> For me trunk space is limited and a big box is really going to eat into my
> stereo space.
>
> Daniel 69 2000
> Oakland CA
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